Armisen is actually one of "SNL's" coolest music-associated alums, with a bona fide background in indie rock. He was once married to Sally Timms of the Mekons; he's played drums for the Grifters side-project Those Bastard Souls, the Blue Man Group, and Les Savy Fav; he had a cameo in the Flaming Lips' cult movie Christmas On Mars; and long before he went into comedy, he was a member of the Chicago punk band Trenchmouth in the 1980s. His 2010 "Fistfight in the Parking Lot" hardcore skit for "SNL," playing in a fictional reunited '80s punk band alongside the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, is the stuff of comedy legend.

Fred, Jason, and Bill will definitely be missed on "Saturday Night Live," but kudos to them for making the most bizarro, and most awesome, "SNL" exit ever.